Gratulerar till din värdeökning. Är efterfrågan större än utbudet så brukar priset stiga, inget konstigt med det.
"Samma som sätter jag kronor på ett räntekonto så betalas även räntan i krona."
När du sätter in pengar på ditt konto, så lånas dina pengar ut till någon som betalar ränta för att använda dem. Därifrån kommer din ränta.
Vem betalar ränta för att disponera dina krypto? Är det folk som spekulerar i nedgång och säljer krypto kort?
Även krypto går att låna och använda.
What is crypto staking?
Crypto staking is similar to depositing money in a bank, in that an investor locks up their assets, and in exchange, earns rewards, or "interest."
"Staking is a term used to refer to the delegating of a certain number of tokens to the governance model of the blockchain and thus locking them out of circulation for a specified length of time," says Nicole DeCicco, the owner and founder of
CryptoConsultz, a cryptocurrency consultancy in the Portland, Oregon area.
A particular network's protocol locks up an investor's holdings — similar to depositing money in a bank, and agreeing not to withdraw it for a set time period, which benefits the network in a couple of ways, according to DeCicco.
First, this can increase the value of a token by limiting the supply. Second, the tokens can be used to govern the blockchain if the network uses a proof-of-stake (PoS) system. A PoS system — as opposed to a proof-of-work (PoW) one, which incorporates "mining" — can be fairly complicated, especially for crypto newcomers.
In PoS systems, coins are staked to forge new blocks in the blockchain, for which participants are rewarded. "Winners are selected through randomization, ensuring no single entity will gain a monopoly over forging," says DeCicco.